What do we take from the fact that Iran likes Hagel, but our ally Israel worries about him?

Can Jewish Groups Speak Out on Hagel? "However, the Hagel nomination illustrated that groups that see themselves as above politics can't entirely avoid some fights. The nomination of a person who has publicly bragged about his standing up to the "Jewish lobby" and opposed sanctions or even the threat of using force against Iran should have crossed the line between something that merely raised eyebrows and battle that needed to be fought."

Jennifer Rubin; Hagel sinking   "Imagine if this man were sent to Tehran or Jerusalem or Russia on a critical visit? I shudder to think of it."

Chuck Hagel's Confirmation Hearings..And What They Tell Us About President Obama   

"Actually, the Iranians are not the only anti-semites backing Chuck Hagel. Here's well known anti-semite,  anti-Israel shill and former member of George Soro's Media Matters M.J. Rosenberg, who tweeted: "I spent a couple of hours with Hagel a few years ago. Talked about Israel. Happily, he is lying today & knows it. He'll be a good SeDef"."   From Joshuapundit

Why did Iran endorse Hagel? Well, remember that they endorsed Obama too.  To hate Israel is to love Obama; how can it be said otherwise?
"Then, in 2007, Hagel voted against designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, despite the force’s role in orchestrating attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq. Hagel further opposed the Iran Counter–Proliferation Act and sent a letter to President George W. Bush, urging him to engage in “direct, unconditional, and comprehensive talks with the Government of Iran.” "

Obama Taps Mini Chuck Hagel for Mini Defense Dept. Secretary

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The Real Barack Obama

John Fund  "He’s a man of the Left, and now he sees no need to hide it."

" Obama has every right to reach far to the left as he tries to reorient America to his liking, much as Reagan did his best to turn America to the right in the 1980s. The difference is that Reagan never hid who he was, what he believed in, and who his staunchest allies were. Obama has consistently cloaked his beliefs and associations, aided by a compliant media that have abetted and adored him every step of his career. Now that Obama has become more forthright about who he is, we can fight the ideological battle over his ideas in earnest. Let’s hope that he now displays more honesty and clarity about his beliefs than he treated the American people to during his two presidential campaigns."

 

America Gets 'Te'o'd' by Obama  "When will the American people wake up to the incredible hoax that is currently being perpetrated upon them?  Much like Te'o, Americans are involved in an emotional relationship with an individual despite most having never met him face to face.  That individual is President Obama.  But unlike Te'o's relatively harmless "girlfriend" hoax, President Obama's hoax, thanks to the help of the MSM, is a threat to every American and threatens the survival of the republic as we know it.

"Fortunately, the new media is willing to step up and do the job the ideologically driven MSM refuses to do. 
"So just to be clear on a few of the crazy things we've been told:"    Read more:

 

Obama Wants Your Guns, Homeland Security Says Defend Yourself With Scissors

theintelhub.com  "Apparently, “Defend yourself with a legal firearm” is not part of the new Department of Homeland Security curriculum.
"They have now resorted to a training video that encourages you to use scissors to protect yourself in the event that you are a victim of a shooting." 

 

Hope n' Change  ...."That's why the Department of Homeland Security has produced a video which explains that in an "active shooter" situation, you can take out the bad guy using an ordinary pair of scissors - assuming that the shooter isn't wearing body armor, that he doesn't see you coming, that you don't slip in the blood of other victims, and that the shooter doesn't turn you into swiss cheese when he gets tired of receiving annoying little jabs."

...."No mention is made of "shooting back," because the only people who should be carrying guns are police, lunatics, and the Mexican drug cartels. Additionally, the video doesn't clarify whether it would be permissible to use scissors against a radical Muslim like Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan, considering there's a chance you might accidentally cut off part of his holy beard."

 

Oh, yeah; there's this point of view on the subject as well.

http://legalinsurrection.com/tag/a-f-branco/ 

What Uncle Sam can (and cannot) do to improve K–12 schooling: Lessons for the next four years

American Enterprise Institute

President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan talk in a hold area before the President delivers his third annual  back-to-school speech at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School  in

Washington, D.C. Sept. 28, 2011.

"...because decisions directly affecting individual schools are made at the state and local levels, Washington bureaucrats have largely failed at enforcing mandates and fixing poorly performing schools. The new Obama administration would do well to embrace a more measured approach to education reform that reflects lessons learned from past successes and failures."

UPDATED: White House Issues Warning Not To Manipulate/Photoshop Image of President Obama Skeet Shooting

Free Republic  Via Tom Williams at Oregon Military Veterans, Family & Supporters
"President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
More on this here.

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UPDATE: Hilarity ensues as Twitter users caption and Photoshop Obama’s shooting photo

 

 

 www.dependablerenegade.com 

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Laughing is our way of crying

http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/the-lincoln-comparison/

http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/inaugural-lip-syncing/

NY Times Op-Ed Slanders Tea Party, Falsely Accusing It Of Assaults On Public Officials

Weasel Zippers

"Tea Party member being arrested at protest. Whoops, sorry, that’s an Occupier, NOT Tea Party member. It’s never a Tea Party member, just like it’s never lupus."

Mark Steyn: Easy to see why Tehran endorses Hagel

Orange County Register  "Carl Levin, the Democrat chair, stepped in to contain further damage. "We do have a position on containment, and that is we do not favor containment," he clarified. "I just wanted to clarify the clarify."

 "Containment? Prevention? What difference does it make?
Could happen to anyone. I well remember when Neville Chamberlain landed at Heston Aerodrome in 1938 and announced the latest breakthrough in appeasement: "I have here a piece of paper from Herr Hitler." Two minutes later, he announced, "I have here a second piece of paper from my staffer saying that I misspoke." "Who can forget Churchill's stirring words in the House of Commons? "If, indeed, it is the case that I said, 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender!,' then I misspoke. I meant to say that we're keeping the situation under review and remain committed to exploring all options."

 "It's easy to make mistakes when you're as expert in all the nuances of Iranian affairs as Chuck Hagel. After he'd hailed Iran's "elected, legitimate government," it fell to another Democrat, Kirsten Gillibrand, to prompt Hagel to walk it back. Okay, delete "elected" and "legitimate": "What I meant to say, should have said, is that it's recognizable." "

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/walt-handelsman-1.812005

 

Leno Turns Obama-Clinton 60 Minutes Segment Into Cialis Commercial

Newsbusters  "As NewsBusters reported, CBS's 60 Minutes did an absolutely gushing and fawning segment with President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this past Sunday.
"It was so bad that Jay Leno and Company turned it into a Cialis commercial on NBC's Tonight Show Thursday (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):"

 

Afghanistan Declared Gun-Free Zone

The Duffel Blog

In multiple cities Afghans celebrated their new gun-free state by using old rifles to club several people to death.

“After over thirty years of senseless violence, I think it’s time we say no to big guns and the firearms industry that promotes them,” a tearful and visibly-tired Karzai told a crowd of Afghan legislators at the presidential palace in Kabul.
"Under the new government-approved policy, no one will be allowed to carry any type of firearm or ranged weapon in Afghanistan.  Swords and knives are still permissible, as long as the owner possesses a Class-III license available at most government offices."
....
"Surprisingly, Karzai’s decision has also been praised by his opponents in the Taliban."
Via Bookworm Room

I can't get this song out of my head!

Posted by Laughing Wolf at Blackfive   "Stop the Cavalry" (1980) by Jona Lewie, who appeared to be a one-hit wonder.

 Please help me get this song out of my head!

Obama green light for Israel to strike Iranian-Syrian-Hizballah military links. Be prepared for anti-Israel press, both Muslim and Western

DEBKAfile  "The air raid over the Jamraya military complex near Damascus Wednesday, Jan. 30, attributed to Israel by Western sources was Israeli’s first assault on the Syrian-Hizballah military compact forged between Bashar Assad and Hassan Nasrallah.
"That was the real strategic import of the operation, which took place with the approval of US President Barack Obama, debkafile’s military sources report.

honestreporting.com

"In every other respect, it was a surgical strike on a well-defined target, comparable to Israel’s attack in September 2007 on the nuclear reactor North Korea was building at El Kabir in northern Syria. The object then was to sever the Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear link before it took physical shape and began turning out plutonium for Iran’s nuclear program.
"After its destruction, Tehran and Pyongyang decided to cut Syria out of their nuclear plans because its proximity to Israel made any nuclear site an easy mark."
The anti-Israel cartoonists are having their usual field day, See if you can find a cartoon about Arab rockets being fired into Israeli cities anywhere.

The above cartoon is from this article: Cementing Hate on Holocaust Memorial Day
"A hideous looking PM Benjamin Netanyahu caricature builds a wall cemented with blood, crushing Palestinians including women and children.
"Israel’s security barrier (of which the vast majority is a fence and not a wall) is meant to protect Israeli civilians against Palestinian terrorism. In any case, the imagery of this cartoon amounts to a blood libel on a day when the millions of victims of the Holocaust are remembered."  This is nothing new.

This sets me off on a related tangent with posts that actually could stand alone: the demonization of Israel whenever they defend themselves. TD

DEMONIZING ISRAEL - IN CARTOONS  ..."a lecture by a renowned professor on the techniques of dehumanizing jews and on their methods of psychological warfare and preparation for the annihilation of Israel."